Bruno Saltor is officially the Interim Head Coach of Chelsea, following the departure of Graham Potter.
Potter was sacked after Saturday’s 2-0 home defeat to Aston Villa and Bruno will take charge of the team for Tuesday’s Premier League game at home to Liverpool.
The Spaniard is a Brighton legend, having made 235 appearances during a decade at the south coast club.
He spent much of his career in his native Spain, enjoying spells at Espanyol, Gimnastic, Lleida, Almeria and Valencia, before joining Brighton as a free agent in June 2012. Bruno only scored seven senior goals in his career and was never capped by his country. He made 128 La Liga appearances before moving to England.
He played a major role in Brighton’s promotion to the Premier League in 2017 and captained them for years before his retirement in 2019.
After hanging up his boots after a near 18-year senior football career, Bruno became part of the Brighton coaching staff. Upon his retirement, Brighton wrote about him: “Capitán, leader, legend, and now coach.”
He joined Chelsea to become part of Potter’s backroom team and has been kept on to lead the team while the club search for a new manager.
Bruno Saltor will be in charge of a team for the first time as Chelsea host Liverpool in the Premier League on Tuesday.
